Little Chef Indian Restaurant is located at Shop 1, 108 High Street, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria 3216. It is a fine dining family restaurant that serves authentic Indian Cuisine. Our Philosophy is to maintain the food and service quality at the highest possible level.

Position:

We are seeking highly professional, motivated and enthusiastic individual with relevant qualification to come and join our team as the Full-time Chef/Cook.

Skills and Experience:

- Preparation of raw ingredients including meat and vegetables through use of varied cutting and marinating techniques

- Inspecting raw ingredients to check for spoilage and assess usability

- Maintaining skills and knowledge relevant to job duties and preparing items on restaurant menu

- Plan, collect, estimating food and commodities for menus

- Priorities menus, recipes and task sheets

- Monitoring dish quality at all stages of cooking and preparation

- Adjusting recipes where required to fit special dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian)

- Utilizing kitchen utensils, appliances, and cookware to prepare ingredients and meals

- Monitoring and regulating heat and cold sources such as ovens, stoves, fridges, freezers, grills, and other equipment to ensure food and meal quality





- Serving and portioning foods and adding garnishes and other ingredients as necessary to ensure dishes are well presented

- Preparing and flavouring sauces and gravies with condiments, herbs, spices, and other ingredients as required by the recipe

- Following safety and hygiene regulations and procedures around food handling, storage, preparation

- Ensuring the cleanliness of work stations and kitchen area and abiding by occupational health and safety procedures

- Providing input to menu changes with consideration of availability of seasonal produce

- Communication with other members of staff including waiters, management, and other kitchen staff in relation to issues relevant to the kitchen

- Estimating stock requirements and ordering stock to ensure kitchen is fully stocked for service

- Demonstrate a high standard of personal hygiene

- Ensures high standards of sanitation and cleanliness are maintained throughout kitchen

Qualifications and Experience

- Certificate IV in commercial cookery or equivalent in a related field.

- At least three years of relevant commercial cooking experience

Remuneration

- The successful candidate will be paid $75,000 to $85,000 plus superannuation.

Job Type: Full time

Work Location: In person

📌 Chef (Belmont)
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